| Hiragana ひ | |
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| Character | ひ |
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| Transliteration | hi |
| Section | H |
| Hiragana Man'yōgana | 比 |
| Stroke Number | 1 |
ひ, in hiragana, or ヒ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both can be written in two strokes, sometimes one for hiragana, and both are phonemically /hi/ although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is Template:Audio-IPA. The pronunciation of the voiceless palatal fricative [ç] is similar to that of the English word hue [çuː] for some speakers.
In the Sakhalin dialect of the Ainu language, ヒ can be written as small ㇶ to represent a final h sound after an i sound (イㇶ ih). Along with other extended katakana, this was developed to represent sounds in Ainu that are not present in standard Japanese katakana.
Form variants[]
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
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| Normal h- (は行 ha-gyō) |
Hi | ひ | ヒ |
| Hii Hī |
ひい, ひぃ ひー |
ヒイ, ヒィ ヒー | |
| Addition dakuten b- (ば行 ba-gyō) |
Bi | び | ビ |
| Bii Bī |
びい, びぃ びー |
ビイ, ビィ ビー | |
| Addition handakuten p- (ぱ行 pa-gyō) |
Pi | ぴ | ピ |
| Pii pī |
ぴい, ぴぃ ぴー |
ピイ, ピィ ピー |
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Pronunciation[]
(Examples) Words with 'ひ'[]
'ひ' at the beginning[]
'ひ' in the middle[]
'ひ' at the end[]
Stroke order[]
 Stroke order in writing ひ |
 Stroke order in writing ひ |
